Sekirov Dictionary

stickybeak

/ˈstɪkibiːk/

noun 2
verb 1
forms 3

noun2

•
(Commonwealth, informal) An overly inquisitive person, a nosey parker.
- I walked back towards the grinning stickybeak who took a few steps backwards before fleeing for the steamy safety of his laundry. — 1985
•
(Commonwealth, informal) An act of looking at or watching something, especially something which does not directly concern the one looking.
- Want me to have a stickybeak at that?
- Shall we take a stickybeak at that shop?

verb1

•
(Commonwealth) To pry or snoop.
- Two of the more arrogant birds actually inspected the inside of the tent, clucking away to each other as they stickybeaked. — 2007

forms

stickybeaked · stickybeaking · stickybeaks

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